The Bombay Bronx

The Bombay Bronx as the name suggests is an attempt in trying to capture the “Never Die” spirit of Bombay where everybody coexists and
the city embraces all without differentiating. The iconic dabbawalas find
centre stage as a community table, the heart of the city. The train systems
have been used as an installation right above the high society seatings in
shiny rexine for the club goers with taxi inspired centre tables and graffiti
walls which form the skin of Bombay. Between all the chaos we all seem to have
found our own “Happy Place” that is significant in the artwork on an exposed
concrete wall. We pay a tribute to the auto walas of Mumbai by creating a seat
for all the backseat lovers who have no space in the city, and the elite to
take their selfies within this backdrop. Bombay is all about the Irani cafes
hence the first visual is the old Parsi uncle’s cashier top with old glass
bottle and goodies with are fast depleting. The ceiling has been treated like a
canvas with hand painted train systems that form a part of the design with
pigeons flying freely and some trapped within a barbed wire installation that
houses the DJ signifying the freedom and yet how we are entrapped within a city
that you can enter but never leave. The film industry is part of the design
with larger than life superstars that rule the roost as wall art. The tangle
and chaos of wires converging into a meter board just confirm further the chaos
yet __ within the city.